FINAL BLESSING.. CONGRATS ENGINEER! 8. If the loan was for 15 months at 16.

8% interest a year and

the repayment on a loan was P12,100.00, how much was
the principal?
MATH MATERIALS COACHING AUG 2022 a) P8,500.00 b) P9,500.00
c) P10,000.00 d) P10,500.00
Problems and Elements (with Answers and
Solutions) Solution:

Select the best answer from each of the following questions. On

the answer sheet provided, shade the box that corresponds to
your choice. Strictly no erasures allowed.
9. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years
1. Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to it is invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
gravity in the English unit? a) P3,440.00 b) P3,404.00
a) 980.66 fps 2 b) 32.2 fps2 c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00
c) 9.8066 fps 2 d) 32.2 ips2
Solution:
Answer: 32.2 fps2

2. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?

a) 89.55 o b) 57.3 o
c) 60.3o d) 45.58 o 10. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning
4% per annum compounded quarterly, will become
Answer: 57.3 o P18,302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per
year.
a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 %
c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %
Solution:
Solution:
3. How many degrees are 4800 mils?
a) 180 o b) 315o
c) 90o d) 270o

Answer: 270 o
11. If a machine is purchased on installment and the buyer
makes an P80,000.00 down payment and owes a balance of
P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine cash value if
Solution: money is worth 14% compounded quarterly.
a) P199,312.00 b) P183,912.00
4. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft 3, what is the specific c) P193,912.00 d) P139,912.00
weight of the gas?
a) 15.2 N/m 3 b) 9.04 N/m 3 Solution: Cash Value = Down payment + Present value
c) 98.2 N/m 3 d) 76.3 N/m3 of the balance

Answer: 15.2 N/m3

Solution:

5. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lb f per cubic foot,

what is the specific volume of the liquid? 12. Find the number of years when P2,500.00 is compounded
a) 1.0675 cm 3/g b) 0.5321 cm 3/g to P5,800.00 if invested at 12% compounded quarterly.
c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm3/g a) P6.12 years b) 7.12 years
c) 8.12 years d) 5.12 years
Answer: 1.0675 cm3/g
Solution:

Solution:

6. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of

drawing a heart or face card?
a) 48.08% b) 42.31% c)
5.77% d) 33.33%

Solution:
13. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded
quarterly?
a) 12.55% b) 11.55 %
7. A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with an initial c) 12.98 % d) 13 %
volume and temperature of 0.06 m3 and 147 0C
respectively. If the final volume and temperature are 0.21 Solution:
3 0
m and 21 C respectively, what is the index of the
expansion?
a) 1.285 b) 1.212 c)
1.333 d) 1.400
14. What rate compounded-quarterly is equivalent to 14%
compounded semi-annually?
Solution:
about:blank a) 10.76 %
c) 12.76 %
b) 11.76 %
d) 13.76 %
 19. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?
Solution: a) 89.55o b) 57.3o
c) 60.3o d) 45.58o

Solution:

20. How many degrees are 4800 mils?

a) 180 o b) 315o
c) 90o d) 270o

15. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 Solution:
years. He is allowed to settle these obligations by a single
payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on 21. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slug/ft 3, what is the specific
the 6 th year if money is worth 14% compounded semi- weight of the gas?
annually. a) 15.2 N/m 3 b) 9.04 N/m 3
a) P1,449.12 b) P 1,559.12 c) 98.2 N/m3 d) 76.3 N/m3
c) P1,339.12 d) P1,669.12
Solution:
Solution:

22. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lb f per cubic foot,

what is the specific volume of the liquid?
a) 1.0675 cm 3/g b) 0.5321 cm 3/g
c) 1.5502 cm3/g d) 0.9504 cm 3/g
16. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay
the loan at the end of one year. The bank discounted the Solution:
loan and gave him P1950 in cash. Determine the rate of
discount.
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 %
c) 2.5 % d) 1.2 %
23. A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28 o with
respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 ft horizontally.
Solution:
Find the work done by this force.
a) 480 J b) 408 J
c) 840 J d) 804 J

Solution:
17. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000
down and P5,000 each month for 5 years. If money is worth
12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the 24. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom.
machine? What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) P144,775.19 b) P245,775.19 a) 1.66 x 10 -24 g/atom
c) P542,775.91 d) P254,775.19 b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
c) 1 g/atom
d) The mass is too small to calculate
Solution: Cash Price = Down Payment + Present Worth
of Annuity • By definition, the mass of an atom is its atomic
weight divided by the Avogadro’s number.

25. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant

acceleration of 6 m/s2. Find the speed of the truck after 4
seconds.
a) 18 m/s b) 28 m/s
c) 24 m/s d) 35 m/s

Solution: For uniformly accelerated motion,

18. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3 26. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3
months in a fund paying 12% compounded quarterly in fps3. Determine the average velocity during the first 10
order to have P25,000 in 8 years. seconds of motion.
a) P746.71 b) P476.17 a) 15 fps b) 20 fps
c) P674.71 d) P700.00 c) 12 fps d) 18 fps

Solution: Solution: The distance traveled by the car,

27. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground.
How long does it take to hit the ground?
a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds
c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds
32. A cubical container that measures 50.8 mm on a side is
tightly packed with eight marbles and is filled with water.
Solution: All eight marbles are in contact with the walls of the
container and the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are
the same size. What is the volume of water in the container?
a) 131 096.51 mm 3 b) 62 454.54 mm3
c) 68 641.97 mm3 d) 131 960.51 mm3
28. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the
bottom is 3 m from the wall. If the bottom stays at the same Solution: Since marbles are tightly packed, r marble = 12.7
place, how much should the ladder be extended so that the mm
top would lean against the wall 1 meter higher?
a) 1.2 m b) 1.5 m Volume of container,
c) 0.5m d) 0.83095 m

LET h be the height of the wall then Volume of eight marbles,

Volume of water,
If it leans I m higher and let x be the extended

length then and x =

0.83095m. 33. What is the determinant of the 2 x 2 matrix, ?

a) – 33 b) 33
c) – 43 d) 43
29. If a stone dropped from a balloon while ascending at the
rate of 7.5m/s reaches the ground in 6seconds, what was
the height of the balloon when the stone was dropped?
a) 110.12 m b) 120.25 m Solution: The determinant,
c) 131.81 m d) 140.12

34. What is the determinant of the 3 x 3 matrix,

Therefore the stone is dropped at a height 131.58m ?
above the ground. a) 6 b) 7
c) – 6 d) – 7
30. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one
5% greater than the one below it. Due to circumstances, the Solution:
salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth)
level to the second level, which means a reduction of
P3000.00 per month. What is the employee’s present salary
per month?
a) P22,032.50 b) P23,022.50
c) P22,320.50 d) P22,302.50
35. What is the inverse of the 2 x 2 matrix,
Solution: The salary levels can be seen as a geometric ?
sequence. Let Sn be the salary at level n.

a) b)

c) d)

Solution: For 2 x 2 matrix, , the inverse, X-1, is:

Due to circumstance,

Where, D = determinant of X. For matrix A,

31. Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular Then,

pentagon.
a) 108o b) 120o 36. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for
c) 98o d) 135o which of the following choices?
a) A cosine expansion series b) A circle in polar form
Solution: For a regular polygon, the value of each interior
angle, , c) Projectile motion d) A straight line
Answer: d) A straight line.
 • y = mx + b is the slope-intercept form of the 43. Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a
equation of a straight line. Thus, y = a 1 + a2x time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its velocity is
describes a straight line.
, where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.
37. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm
following vectors: F 1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j + 11k, F3 c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm
= 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18
c) 25 d) 9
Solution:
Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form
is the sum of the components.

44. A force of 200 lb acts on a block at an angle of 28 o with

respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 ft horizontally.
38. Given the following vectors: A = 3i + 2j, B = 2i + 3j + k, C
Find the work done by this force.
= 5i + 2k. Simplify the expression . a) 480 J b) 408 J
a) 20 b) 0 c) 840 J d) 804 J
c) 60i + 24k d) 5i + 2k
Solution:
Solution: Solving first for A x B, let D = A x B,

45. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom.

What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
a) 1.66 x 10 -24 g/atom
b) 6.02 x 10-23 g/atom
Let , then
c) 1 g/atom
d) The mass is too small to calculate

39. Determine the rationalized value of the complex number • By definition, the mass of an atom is its atomic
weight divided by the Avogadro’s number.
.
a) 1.12 – 0.66i b) 0.32 – 0.66i
c) – 32 + 0.66i d) – 1.12 + 0.66i
46. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant
Solution: acceleration of 6 m/s2. Find the speed of the truck after 4
• In order to rationalize a complex number, seconds.
multiply the numerator and denominator by the a) 18 m/s b) 28 m/s
complex conjugate of the denominator and c) 24 m/s d) 35 m/s
simplify.
Solution: For uniformly accelerated motion,

47. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3

40. Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the fps3. Determine the average velocity during the first 10
function: . seconds of motion.
a) ¾ b) 0 a) 15 fps b) 20 fps
c) 12 fps d) 18 fps
c) d) 35
Solution: The distance traveled by the car,
Solution: The derivative of a constant is zero.

41. Determine the slope of the curve at the point (2,

3).
a) 4 b) – 4
c) 2 d) – 2 48. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground.
How long does it take to hit the ground?
Solution: The slope of a curve is given by the first a) 4.5 seconds b) 3.5 seconds
c) 2.5 seconds d) 1.5 seconds

derivative.

Solution:
At point (2, 3):

42. What is the sum of the roots of the equation: 2x 2 + 5x + 5

= 0?
49. A 5 meter extension ladder leans against the wall; the
a) – 2.5 b) 2.5
bottom is 3 m from the wall. If the bottom stays at the same
c) 2.25 d) – 2.25
place, how much should the ladder be extended so that the
top would lean against the wall 1 meter higher?
a)) 1.2 m) b)) 1.5 m)
Solution: The sum of the roots is: c) 0.5m d) 0.83095 m
c) 0.5m d) 0.83095 m
 LET h be the height of the wall then Solution:

If it leans I m higher and let x be the extended

55. What is the inverse of the 2 x 2 matrix,
?
length then and x =
a) b)
0.83095m.

50. If a stone dropped from a balloon while ascending at the c) d)

rate of 7.5m/s reaches the ground in 6seconds, what was
the height of the balloon when the stone was dropped?
a) 110.12 m b) 120.25 m Solution: For 2 x 2 matrix, , the inverse, X-1, is:
c) 131.81 m d) 140.12

Where, D = determinant of X. For matrix A,

Therefore the stone is dropped at a height
131.58m above the ground.

51. The salary of an employee’s job has five levels, each one
5% greater than the one below it. Due to circumstances, the Then,
salary of the employee must be reduced from the top (fifth)
level to the second level, which means a reduction of 56. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for
P3000.00 per month. What is the employee’s present salary which of the following choices?
per month? a) A cosine expansion series b) A circle in polar form
a) P22,032.50 b) P23,022.50 c) Projectile motion d) A straight line
c) P22,320.50 d) P22,302.50
Answer: d) A straight line.
Solution: The salary levels can be seen as a geometric
sequence. Let Sn be the salary at level n. • y = mx + b is the slope-intercept form of the
equation of a straight line. Thus, y = a 1 + a2x
describes a straight line.

57. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the

following vectors: F 1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F 2 = 9i + 2j + 11k, F3
= 5i – 3j – 8k.
a) 21 b) 18
c) 25 d) 9

Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form

Due to circumstance,
is the sum of the components.

52. Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular

pentagon.
a) 108o b) 120o 58. Given the following vectors: A = 3i + 2j, B = 2i + 3j + k, C
c) 98o d) 135o = 5i + 2k. Simplify the expression .
a) 20 b) 0
Solution: For a regular polygon, the value of each interior c) 60i + 24k d) 5i + 2k
angle, , Solution: Solving first for A x B, let D = A x B,

Let , then
53. What is the determinant of the 2 x 2 matrix, ?
a) – 33 b) 33
c) – 43 d) 43 59. Determine the rationalized value of the complex number

.
Solution: The determinant, a) 1.12 – 0.66i b) 0.32 – 0.66i
c) – 32 + 0.66i d) – 1.12 + 0.66i

Solution:
54. What is the determinant of the 3 x 3 matrix, • In order to rationalize a complex number,
? multiply the numerator and denominator by the
a) 6 b) 7 complex conjugate of the denominator and
c) – 6 d) – 7 simplify.
60. Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the Age of the son 12 years from now: 20 + 12
function: . = 32 years old
a) ¾ b) 0
67. From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top
c) d) 35 of the tower B is 46 o. From the foot of tower B the angle
of elevation of the top of tower A is 28 o. Both towers are
Solution: The derivative of a constant is zero. on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120 m, how
high is tower A?

61. Determine the slope of the curve at the point (2,

3).
a) 4 b) – 4
c) 2 d) – 2

Solution: The slope of a curve is given by the first

derivative.

At point (2, 3):

62. What is the sum of the roots of the equation: 2x 2 + 5x + 5

= 0?
a) – 2.5 b) 2.5
c) 2.25 d) – 2.25 a) 40.7 m b) 44.1 m
c) 42.3 m d) 38.6 m

Solution: The sum of the roots is: Solution: DE = 120 m

63. Determine the distance traveled by a particle between a

time interval of 0.2 second to 0.3 second if its velocity is
In triangle DCE,

, where V is in cm/s and t is in seconds.

a) 3.75 cm b) 2.84 cm
c) 2.75 cm d) 3.84 cm

Solution:

68. Determine the value of .

a. 0 b.1.75
64. Compute the arithmetic Mean of the following set of c. 3.1416 d. infinity
numbers: 18, 24, 27, 30, 35, 42, 50. Solution:
a. 31.82 b. 32.29
c. 30 d. 29.96

69. Determine the distance between the foci of a hyperbola if

the lengths of the transverse and conjugate axes are 10 m
65. Find the root mean square of 11, 23, and 35. and 8 m, respectively.
a. 25 b. 27 a. 20.8 m b. 12.8 m
c. 26 d. 24 c. 13.8 m d. 25.6 m

Solution:

Root Mean Square (RMS),

66. Five years ago the father is three times as old as his son.
70. Think of a number. Double the number. Subtract 6 from the
Ten years from now, the father will be twice as old as his
result and divide the answer by 2. The quotient will be 20.
son. How old is the son twelve years from now?
What is the number you think?
a) 32 years old b) 20 years old
a. 12 b. 20
c) 50 years old d) 38 years old
c. 23 d. 32
Solution: Let x = age of the father y = age
Solution: Le: x - be the number
of the son

2x-6 = 40;
x = 23
71. Determine the absolute value of resultant vector of the 77. From a deck of ordinary cards, what is the probability of
following vectors: F 1 = 4i + 7j + 6k; F2 = 9i + 2j + 11k, F3 drawing a heart or face card?
= 5i – 3j – 8k. a) 48.08% b) 42.31% c)
a) 21 b) 18 5.77% d) 33.33%
c) 25 d) 9

Solution: The resultant of vectors given in unit-vector form

is the sum of the components.

78. A perfect gas is expanded polytropically with an initial

volume and temperature of 0.06 m3 and 147 0C
respectively. If the final volume and temperature are 0.21
m3 and 21 0C respectively, what is the index of the
expansion?
72. An Electrical Engineer obtained a loan of P50,000.00 at the a) 1.285 b) 1.212 c)
rate of 6% compounded annually in order to repair his 1.333 d) 1.400
mistress’ house. Mow much must the Electrical Engineer
pay monthly to amortize the loan within a period of ten
years?
a) P605.20 b) P550.90
c) P505.90 d) P508.90
79. If the loan was for 15 months at 16.8% interest a year and
Solution: Converting the interest into effective monthly the repayment on a loan was P12,100.00, how much was
the principal?
interest, one peso-one year analysis,
a) P8,500.00 b) P9,500.00 c)
P10,000.00 d) P10,500.00

Solution:

N = mn = 12(10) = 120
80. Determine the accumulated value of P2,000.00 in 5 years
it is invested at 11% compounded quarterly.
a) P3,440.00 b) P3,404.00
c) P3,044.00 d) P4,304.00
73. Determine the diameter of a circle,
Solution:
.
a) 9 units b) 11 units
c) 12 units d) 10 units

Solution:
81. The sum of P15,000.00, deposited in an account earning
4% per annum compounded quarterly, will become
P18,302.85. Determine the effective rate of interest per
year.
Then, r = 5 units a) 3.06 % b) 4.06 %
and d = 10 units
c) 5.06 % d) 6.06 %
74. What is the present value of P5,000.00 due in 8 years if
Solution:
money is worth 12% compounded semi-annually?
a) P1,896.23 b) P1,869.23
c) P1,698.23 d) P1,968.23

82. If a machine is purchased on installment and the buyer

makes an P80,000.00 down payment and owes a balance of
Solution:
P150,000 in 2 years. Determine the machine cash value if
money is worth 14% compounded quarterly.
75. How many permutation can be made out of the letters of
a) P199,312.00 b) P183,912.00
the word ENGINEERING?
c) P193,912.00 d) P139,912.00
a) 277 200 b) 272 700
c) 200 277 d) 227 700
Solution: Cash Value = Down payment + Present value
of the balance

Solution:

Where, n = 11 objects with 3E’s, 3N’s, 2G’s,

and 2I’s

76. If vector A is 10 units and vector B, which makes 60 0 with

vector A, is 20 units. What is the difference of vectors A 83. Find the number of years when P2,500.00 is compounded
and B? to P5,800.00 if invested at 12% compounded quarterly.
a) 15.34 units b) 13.45 units a) P6.12 years b) 7.12 years
c) 18.76 units d) 17.32 units c) 8.12 years d) 5.12 years

Solution: by cosine law, Solution:

84. What is the effective rate equivalent of 12% compounded 89. Determine the amount that must be deposited every 3
quarterly? months in a fund paying 12% compounded quarterly in
a) 12.55% b) 11.55 % order to have P25,000 in 8 years.
c) 12.98 % d) 13 % a) P746.71 b) P476.17
c) P674.71 d) P700.00
Solution:
Solution:

85. What rate compounded-quarterly is equivalent to 14%

compounded semi-annually?
a) 10.76 % b) 11.76 % 90. What is the acid test ratio?
c) 12.76 % d) 13.76 % a. The ratio of owner’s equity to total current
liabilities
Solution: b. The ratio of all assets to actual current
liabilities
c. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of
inventory) to the total current liabilities.
d. The ratio of gross margin to operating, sates,
and administrative expenses

91. How do call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of

charge through an element.
a) Current b) Voltage
c) Power d) Resonance

86. Celestino owes P500, due in 3 years and P800 due in 7 Answer: b) Voltage where q
years. He is allowed to settle these obligations by a single = charge in C w = energy in Joules
payment on the 6th year. Find how much he has to pay on 92. This is a number sequence where the succeeding term is
the 6 th year if money is worth 14% compounded semi- obtained by adding the last pair of preceding terms such
annually. as the sequence (1, 1, 2, ,3 5, 8 …). How do you call this
a) P1,449.12 b) P 1,559.12 number sequence?
c) P1,339.12 d) P1,669.12 a) Euler’s number b) Fermat number
c) Fibonacci number d) Fourier series
Solution:
93. If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you
classify the solutions?
a. Extranous solutions b. Trivial solutions
c. Conditional solutions d. Ambiguous solutions

94. In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow?

87. Cleofas borrowed P2,000.00 from a bank and agreed to pay a) Potential difference b) Current
the loan at the end of one year. The bank discounted the c) Voltage d) Power
loan and gave him P1950 in cash. Determine the rate of 95. This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum
discount. of currents entering a node (or a closed boundary) is
a) 3.75 % b) 3.12 % zero”. How do you call this law?
c) 2.5 % d) 1.2 % a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law
c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage law
Solution:
96. This law in electrical circuits state, “The algebraic sum of
all voltages around a closed path (or loop) is zero”. How
do you call this law?
a) Kirrchoff’s current law b) Ohm’s current law
88. A machine was purchased under these terms: P30,000 c) Kirchhoff’s voltage law d) Ohm’s voltage law
97. In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?
down and P5,000 each month for 5 years. If money is worth
12% compounded monthly, what is the cash price of the a) Ohm b) Mho
machine? c) Siemens d) Ampere
a) P144,775.19 b) P245,775.19
98. Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 Ampere?
c) P542,775.91 d) P254,775.19
a) 1 Coulomb per second b) 1 Joule per Coulomb c)
1 Volt per Ampere d) 1 Ampere per Coulomb
Solution: Cash Price = Down Payment + Present Worth
of Annuity Answer: a) 1 Coulomb per second
1 Ohm = 1 Volt/Ampere
1 Siemens = 1 Ampere/Volt
1 Volt = 1 Joule/Coulomb
1 Ampere = 1 Coulumb per second
99. This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the
product of another polynomial or monomial of lower
degree. What is this mathematical process?
a) Decomposition b) Rationalization
c) Factoring d) Polynomial damping
 118.How do you call a type of bond where the corporation’s
100.This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or owner name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically
when the slope of the curve is neither increasing nor to the owners with their asking for it?
decreasing. What is this point commonly called? a) Registered bond b) Preferred bond
a) Maximum point b) Minimum point c) Incorporator’s bond d) Bail bond
c) Point of tangency d. Point of inflection
101.How do you call the axis of the hyperbola that passes 119.How do you call the integral of any quotient whose
through the center, the foci and vertices? numerator is the differential of the denominator?
a) Transverse axis b) Conjugate Axis a) Co-logarithm b) Logarithm
c) Asymptotic axis d) Major Axis c) Product d) Derivative

102.What is a number, which could not be expressed as a 120.What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?
quotient of two integers? a) Nonagon b) hexagon c)
a. Natural b. Rational Pentagon d) Heptagon
c. Irrational d. Surd 121.How do you call the formula used to compute the value of
103.How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano? n factorial, which is in symbolic form (n!), where n is large
a) Peta b) Tera number?
c) Giga d) Hexa a) Matheson formula b) Diophantine formula c)
104.What do you call a triangle having three unequal sides? Richardson-Duchman formula d) Stirling’s
a) Obtuse b) Oblique Approximation
c) Scalene d) Isosceles
105.How do you call the distance of a point from the y-axis? 122.What is the reason why an ivory soap floats in water?
a) Polar distance b) Coordinate a) All matter has mass
c) Abscissa d) Ordinate b) The specific gravity of ivory soap is greater than
that of water
106.This is the measure of central tendency defined as the c) The density of ivory soap is unity
most frequent score. How do you call this measure of d) The specific gravity of ivory soap is less than that
central tendency? of water
a) Median b) Mode 123.When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of
c) Mean d) Deviation divergence between the two planes is expressed by
107.Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 mil? measuring the:
a) One-tenth of an inch b) One-thousandth of an inch a) Reflex angle b) Dihedral angle
c) One millionth of an inch c) One-half of an inch c) Polyhedral angle d) Plane angle
124.What do you think is the output or sales at which income is
108.A polygon with ten sides is said to be: insufficient to equal operating cost?
a. Dodecagon b. Decagon a) Break even point b) Depreciation
c. Decahedron d. Dodecahedron c) Investment d) Cash flow
109. Any number expressed in place-value notation with base
12 is known as: 125.What is an estimate of assets’ net market value at the end
a. Duodecimal b. Deontic of its estimated life?
c. Decile d. Dedekind a) Book value b) Depreciation
c) Salvage value d) Cash flow
110. Another name for derivative is said to be: 126.What do you think is the lessening of the value of an asset
a. Differential manifold b. Partial derivative due to a decrease in the quantity available as a coal, oil and
c. Differential form d. Differential coefficient timber in forests?
111.Another term for rhombus is said to be: a) Depletion b) Amortization
a. Dichotomy b. Diamond c) Depreciation d) Investment
c. Cyclic quadrilateral d. Bi-rectangular
127.What can you say about the present worth of all
112.A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the depreciation over the economic life of the item?
physical units of the system international. a) Maintenance b) Capital recovery
a. Deka b. Nano c) Depreciation recovery d) Annuity
c. Hecto d. Exa 128.What do you think is the provision in the contract that
113.The father of plane geometry. indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and
a. Euclid b. Pythagoras labor cost?
c. Aristotle d. Galileo a) Secondary clause b) Specification
c) Escalatory clause d) General
114.This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the provision
given data leads to two solutions. How do you call this
case? 129.This is the process of determining the value of certain
a) Ambiguous case b) Quadratic case property for specific reasons. Guess, what is this?
c) Extraneous case d) Conditional case a) Amortization b) Investment
115.It is a type of polygon in which each interior angle must c) Appraisal d) Depreciation
be less than or equal to 180°, and all vertices 'point
outwards' away from the interior. How do you call this 130.How do you call those products or services that are directly
polygon? used by people to satisfy their wants?
a) Concave Polygon b) Convex polygon a) Consumer goods and services
c) Regular polygon d) Irregular polygon b) Producer goods and services
c) Necessity products and services
116.It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal d) Luxury products and services
intervals of time where the first payment is made after 131.These are used to produce consumer goods and services.
several periods, after the beginning of the payment. How Guess, what are these?
do you call this payment? a) Consumer goods and services
a) Deferred annuity b) Delayed annuity c) b) Producer goods and services
Progressive annuity d) Simple annuity c) Necessity products and services
d) Luxury products and services
117.What do you think is the negotiation of wage rates,
conditions of employment, etc. by representatives of the 132.What do you think are those products or services that are
labor force and management? required to support human life and activities that will be
a) Union trade b) Union rally purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the
c) Collective bargaining d) Cooperative price varies considerably?
 a) Consumer goods and services a) Ellipse b) Hyperbola
b) Producer goods and services c) Parabola d) Circle
c) Necessity products and services 146.Determine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that
d) Luxury products and services will carry a tensile load of 500 kN at a stress of 140 MPa.
133.How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section? Assume the wall thickness to be 0ne-tenth of the outside
a. Ellipsoid b. Cylindroid diameter.
c. Hyperboloid d. Paraboloid a) 123 mm b) 103 mm
c) 113 mm d) 93 mm
134.How do you call a market whereby there is only one buyer
of an item for which there are no goods substitutes? 147.What can you say to the following statement: “the volume
a) Monopoly b) Monopsony of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and
c) Oligopoly d) Oligopsony altitude.”?
135.Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric a) Postulate b) Corollary
material is true? c) Theorem d) Axiom
a. The charge increases the conductivity of the
material 148.What is the study of the properties of figures of three
b. The charge is confined to the region in which dimensions?
the charge was placed. a) Physics b) Solid geometry
c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere c) Plane geometry d) Trigonometry
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s 149.A type of bond, without any security behind them except a
surface promise to pay by the issuing corporation is known as:
a. Collateral trust bond b. Mortgage bond
• In a dielectric, all charges are attached to specific c. Debenture bond d. Joint bond
atoms or molecules.
150. A situation whereby payment is made for work not done.
136.Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field The term also applies to the case where more workers are
lines? used than a reasonable requirement for efficient operation.
a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends a. Downtime pay b. Check-in-pay
b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles c. Feather bidding d. Moon lighting
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right 151. The difference between what a negotiable paper is worth
angles in the future and its present worth is known as:
d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer a. Book value b. Salvage value
together c. Sunk value d. Discount

• Magnetic field lines do not cross. Their direction 152. The temperature to which the air must be cooled at
at any given point is unique. constant temperature to produce saturation.
a. Absolute temperature b. 273 K
137.Tesla is a unit of which of the following? c. Dew point d. Critical temperature
a) Magnetic induction b) Inductance 153. A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an
c) Capacitance d) magnetic flux acceleration of 1 cm/s2 is said to be:
138.What is a pole pitch? a. Newton b. Ergs
a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound c. Kilogram force d. Dyne
b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole 154. A change in position, specified by a length and a direction
d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each other is said to be:
• Pole pitch is defined as the periphery of the a. Displacement b. Acceleration
armature divided by the number of poles. Thus, it c. Velocity d. Dynamic equilibrium
is the space on the stator allocated to one pole. 155. The process of one substance mixing with another because
• of molecular motion is known as:
139.How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides? a. Adhesion b. Diffusion
a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon c. Cohesion d. Confusion
c) Myriagon d) Octacontagon
140.Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point 156.Those cost that arise at the result of a change in operations
on the opposite side is called as: or policy or it is the ratio of a small increment cost and a
a) Newton line b) Secant small increment of output.
c) Cevian d) Euclidian line a. Increment cost b. Differential cost
c. Marginal cost d. Promotion cost
141.It is any influence capable of producing a change in the 157.The index that gives the rate earned per share based on
motion of an object. current price per share is called as:
a) Force b) Acceleration a. Price-earning ratio b. Operating expense ratio
c) Friction d) Velocity c. Dividend yield d. Equity ratio
142.How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of
operations and permits the enterprise to begin functioning 158.A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is called
before it receives any income from the sales of its product as:
or service. a. Icosahedron b. Octahedron
a) Initial working capital b) Regular working capital c. Dodecahedron d. Tetrahedron
c) Equity d) Annuity
159.Two angles whose sum is 360o is called:
143.In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve a. Explementary angles b. Complimentary angles
with respect to another axes in which the new axes are c. Supplementary angles d. Elementary angles
parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known 160.What is an annuity?
as: a) The future worth of a present amount. b) A
a) Translation of axes b) Reversal of axes series of uniform amounts over a period of time
c) Notation of axes d) Relocation of axes c) The present worth of a future amount d) An
144.How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by annual repayment of a loan
rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not
intersect? 161.When using net present worth calculations to compare two
a) Torus b) Annulus projects, which of the following could invalidate the
c) Circoloid d) Annular calculation?
a) Use of the same discount rate for each period
145.If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve is known as: b) Differences in the magnitudes of the projects
 c) Evaluating over different time periods
d) Mutually exclusive projects 167.What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always
required to do during repayment?
• a), b) and d) are all problems with internal rate of a) Pay exactly the same amount of principal each
return calculations that net present worth handles payment
nicely. However, the net present worth of two b) Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of
projects must be calculated for the same time time
period. c) Pay exactly the same amount of interest each
payment
162.What must two investments with the same present worth d) Pay the interest only whenever failure to pay the
and unequal lives have? principal
a) Different equivalent uniform annual cash flows 168.How to you classify work-in-process?
b) Identical salvage values a) A liability b) An expense
c) Different salvage values c) A revenue d) An asset
d) Identical equivalent uniform annual cash flows
163.Which of the following is true regarding the minimum • Work-in-process is included in the working fund
attractive rate of return used in judging proposed investments. The working fund investments is an
investments? asset not subjected to depreciation.
a. It is much smaller than the interest rate used to
discount expected cash flows from investments 169.What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance?
b. It is frequently a policy decision made by an a. The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total
organization’s management IPC absorbed
c. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount b. The IPC volume adjusted budget [fixed + volume
expected cash flow from investments (variable IPC rate)]
d. It is not relevant in engineering economy studies c. The difference between actual IPC and IPC
volume adjusted budget
164.Which of the following situations has a conventional cash d. The difference between actual IPC and IPC
flow so that an internal rate of return can be safely absorbed
calculated and used? 170.A leak from a faucet comes out in separate drops. Which
a. Your company undertakes a mining project in of the following is the main cause of this phenomenon?
which the land must be reclaimed at the end of the a) Air resistance b) Gravity c)
project. Surface tension d) Viscosity of the fluid
b. You invest in a safe dividend stock and receive
dividends each year. 171.Which of the following elements and compounds is
c. You lease a car and pay by the month unstable in its pure form?
d. Your company invests heavily in a new product a) Hydrochloric acid b) Carbon dioxide
that will generate profits for two years. To keep c) Sodium d) Helium
profits high for 10 years, the company plans to 172.What is the actual geometric shape of the methane
reinvest heavily after two years. molecule?
a) Tetrahedral b) Pyramidal
• The situation in choice b) has a negative cash c) Square planar d) Linear
flow, one sign change, then positive cash flow.
Thus, it is the only situation that has a 173.A substance is oxidized when which of the following
conventional cash flow so that an IRR can be occurs?
safely calculated and used. a) It losses electrons
b) It becomes more negative
165.The economic order quantity (EOQ) is defined as the order c) It gives off heat
quantity which minimizes the inventory cost per unit time. d) It absorbs energy
Which of the flowing is not an assumption of the basic
EOQ model with no shortages? • By definition, a substance is oxidized when it
a) Reordering is done when the inventory is zero losses electrons.
b) There is an upper bound on the quantity ordered
c) The entire reorder quantity I delivered 174.Reactions generally proceed faster at higher temperatures
instantaneously because of which of the following?
d) The demand rate is uniform and constant a) The molecules are less energetic
b) The activation energy is less
c) The molecules collide more frequently
d) Both b) & c) above
• Recall that, , where a = the constant 175.Which one of the following statements regarding organic
depletion rate (items per unit time); K = the fixed substances is false?
cost per order in dollars; h = the inventory storage a. Organic matter is generally stable at very high
cost (Pesos per item per unit time). Thus, there is temperatures
no upper bound on the quantity ordered. b. Organic substances generally dissolve in high-
concentration acids
166.Which of the following events will cause the optimal lot c. All organic matter contains carbon
size, given by the classic EOQ model with no shortages, to d. Organic substances generally do not dissolve in
increase? water.
a) A decrease in inventory carrying cost 176.Which of the following affects most of the electrical and
b) A decrease in demand thermal properties of materials?
c) An increase in demand a) The weight of the atoms
d) a) or c) above b) The weight of the protons
c) The electrons, particularly the outermost one
d) The magnitude of electrical charge of the protons
• , where a = the constant depletion
• The outermost electrons are responsible for
rate (items per unit time); K = the fixed cost per
determining most of the material’s properties.
order in dollars; h = the inventory storage cost
(Pesos per item per unit time). Thus, a decrease in 177.What are the valence electrons?
inventory carrying cost, h, or an increase in a) The electrons of complete quantum shells
demand, a, will cause the optimal lot size to b) Electrons with positive charge
increase.
 c) The outer-shell electrons 185.Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
d) The K-quantum shell electrons a) Magnetic induction b) Inductance
c) Capacitance d) magnetic flux
• By definition, the outermost electrons are the
valence electrons 186.What is a pole pitch?
a) The angle at which the pole windings are wound
178.How do you call the strong bond between hydrogen atoms? b) The space on the stator allocated to two poles
a) Ionic and metallic bonds b) The covalent bond c) The space on the stator allocated to one pole
c) The ionic bond d) The metallic bond d) The mica used to insulate the poles from each other

• Covalent bonds provide the strongest attractive • Pole pitch is defined as the periphery of the
forces between atoms. armature divided by the number of poles. Thus, it
is the space on the stator allocated to one pole.
179.What are Van der Waals forces?
a) Forces present only in gases 187.How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides?
b) Forces not present in liquids a) Hectogon b) Chilliagon
c) Primary bonds between atoms c) Myriagon d) Octacontagon
d) Weak secondary bonds between atoms 188.Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point
on the opposite side is called as:
• By definition, Van der Waals forces are weak a) Newton line b) Secant
attractive forces between molecules. c) Cevian d) Euclidian line

180.Which of the following materials is not a viscoelastic 189.It is any influence capable of producing a change in the
material? motion of an object.
a) Metal b) Plastic c) a) Force b) Acceleration
Rubber d) Glass c) Friction d) Velocity

• A material which is viscoelastic exhibits time- 190.How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of
dependent elastic strain. Of the choices, only operations and permits the enterprise to begin functioning
metal does not fit this description. Metal is before it receives any income from the sales of its product
considered to be an elastoplastic material. or service.
a) Initial working capital b) Regular working capital
181.In molecules of the same composition, what are variations c) Equity d) Annuity
of atomic arrangements known as?
a) Isomers b) Polymers 191.In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve
c) Monomers d) Crystal systems with respect to another axes in which the new axes are
parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known
• Isomers are molecules that have the same as:
composition but different atomic arrangements. a) Translation of axes b) Reversal of
axes c) Notation of axes d)
182.Which of the following is false? Relocation of axes
a. The acceleration of a body rotating with a
constant angular velocity is zero. 192.How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by
b. Angular momentum for rigid bodies may be rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not
regarded as the product of angular velocity and intersect?
inertia. a) Torus b) Annulus
c. The radius of gyration for a mass of uniform c) Circoloid d) Annular
thickness is identical to that for a planar area of
the same shape. 193.If the eccentricity is less than one, then curve is known as:
d. Kinematics is the study of the effects of motion, a) Ellipse b) Hyperbola
while kinetics is the study of the causes of motion. c) Parabola d) Circle

• A body rotating at a constant angular velocity has 194.What can you say to the following statement: “the volume
no angular acceleration. It does have a linear of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and
acceleration. altitude.”?
a) Postulate b) Corollary
183.Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric c) Theorem d) Axiom
material is true? 195.What is the study of the properties of figures of three
a. The charge increases the conductivity of the dimensions?
material a) Physics b) Solid geometry
b. The charge is confined to the region in which c) Plane geometry d) Trigonometry
the charge was placed.
c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere 196.Points that lie in the same plane:
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s a) Coplanar b) Collinear
surface c) Oblique d) Parallel

o In a dielectric, all charges are attached to 197.What do you call the one-fourth of a great circle?
specific atoms or molecules. a) Cone b) Pyramid
c) Chord d) Quadrant
184.Which of the following is not a property of magnetic field
lines? 198.A plane closed curve, all points of which are the same
a) Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends distance from a point within, called the center.
b) The lines cross themselves only at right angles a) Arc b) Radius
c) The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right c) Circle d) Chord
angles
d) The field is stronger where the lines are closer 199.What do you call the replacement of the original cost of
together an investment?
a) Pay off b) Return on investment
o Magnetic field lines do not cross. Their c) Breakeven d) Capital recovery
direction at any given point is unique.
200.This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the
given data leads to two solutions. How do you call this
case?
a) Ambiguous case b) Quadratic case
c) Extraneous case d) Conditional
case

201.What do you think is the provision in the contract that

indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and
labor cost?
a) Secondary clause b) Specification
c) Escalatory clause d) General provision
202.This is the process of determining the value of certain
property for specific reasons. Guess, what is this?
a) Amortization b) Investment
c) Appraisal d) Depreciation

203.If , then the point (x1, y1) is called;

a) Minimum point b) Maximum point c)
Inflection point d) Critical point

Solution: if the second derivative of the function is zero

then this is the inflection point.

204.Adding more solute to an already saturated solution will

cause the excess solute to settle to the bottom of the
container. What is this process called?
a) Precipitation b) Hydration
c) Dehydration d) Saturation

205.The length of time at which the original cost of capital used

to purchase a unit has already been recovered.
a) Economic life b) Write off period
c) Physical life d) Salvage life

206.The actual interest earned by a given principal is known as:

a) Compound interest b) Simple interest
c) Effective interest d) Nominal interest

Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the function:

g( x) = 5 10 − 35
a) ¾ b) 0 c) 4(9) 3 /4 d) 35
Solution: The derivative of a constant is zero.

The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
a) A cosine expansion series
b) A circle in polar form
c) Projectile motion
d) A straight line

Answer: d) A straight line.